For Black History Month 2024, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is celebrating the Black experience in art, centering both Black artists and subjects. Historically, Black artists have and continue to create, shape, inspire, and pioneer visual arts, music, cultural movements and more. Join us as we honor the Black experience through book displays, resources, library programs and community events happening this February and throughout the year! Celebrate Black History Month with these book picks!
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Intertwining the stories of two Black students decades apart, this compelling and honest novel follows Kevin and Gibran as they navigate similar forms of insidious racism while discovering who they want to be instead of what society tells them they are.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby and an eAudio on Hoopla.
Follows the story of Charisma, a Black high school student grappling with mounting pressures from home and school, and when frustrations with her family intersect with a conflict at school, she reaches a crossroads, facing a choice that could change her future.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Hoopla.
A girl who believes in UFOs; a boy who might have finally found his Prince Charming; a hopeful performer who dreams of being cast in her school’s production of The Sound of Music; a misunderstood magician of sorts with a power she doesn’t quite understand. These plotlines and many more compose the eclectic stories found within the pages of this dynamic, exciting, and expansive collection featuring exclusively Black characters. From contemporary to historical, fantasy to sci-fi, magical to realistic, and with contributions from a powerhouse list of self-proclaimed geeks and bestselling, award-winning authors, this life-affirming anthology celebrates and redefines the many facets of Blackness and geekiness–both in the real world and those imagined.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby and an eAudio on Libby.
Aspiring baker, seventeen-year-old Fatima navigates the challenges of parental and communal expectations in her strict Muslim community while staying true to her dreams.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby and an eAudio on Libby.
Seventeen-year-old neurodivergent and nonbinary Lark pretends that they are the creator of a viral thread that their ex-best friend accidentally posted onto their Twitter account, declaring his unrequited love. But living a lie takes its toll on Lark, forcing them to deal with their own messy emotions.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby and an eBook on Hoopla.
Two teens with nothing in common keep running into each other on holidays. Before long, despite their differences, they start to fall for each other.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook/eAudio on Libby and eBook/eAudio on Hoopla.
High school senior Harriet is still coping with her mother’s death when an unwanted property sale causes her to join forces with her new neighbor to stop Belle Grove Plantation from turning into a wedding venue.
This title is also available for checkout as an eAudio on Libby.
